2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion Dustin Focht

A big congratulations to Dustin Focht, Stillwater, OK, who is the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion! Here’s a photo of Dustin. The Runner up Champion is Blaine Lotz from Edna, Kansas and the Reserve Champion is Brian Little from Wann, Oklahoma. We had a fantastic group of 31 contestants for this honor. It’s the Super Bowl of livestock auctioneering and I’m proud to have had the opportunity to be a judge for the interview portion of the competition.

As the 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion Dustin will be driving that truck he’s standing in front of. He’s also holding his Gist Belt Buckle and will also receive a Champion Sculpture, $5,000, Hand-tooled leather briefcase, World Champion Ring, Golden Gavel Award and James Reid, Ltd. Money Clip. Dustin will make a lot of appearances around the country in the coming year. Maybe he’ll be in your area soon. If so, please say hello and meet an awesome representative of the livestock auction market industry.

If you’d like a short sample of yesterday’s ring competition I shot a video clip of the first contestant before I had to hit the road. I’ve got plenty of early photos from Montgomery Stockyards in the photo album too. I also have more interviews to share from the LMA Annual Convention too.

2015 AFBF convention

AgWired – A ZimmComm production

AgriBlogging

AgWired is one of the very first agricultural information blogs and has a focus on marketing. Our information is open and free to everyone in the industry.

Farm Podcasting

Besides the weekly ZimmCast we frequently publish press conferences and interviews with industry leaders in all segments of agriculture.

We've got you covered!

From the very beginning of this amazing venture in 2004, ZimmComm New Media has been providing you with live, on-site event coverage of the biggest events the industry has to offer. We've brought you live event coverage from as far away as Sweden, Japan and Brazil, just to name a few of the places we've traveled over the years. This is all in addition to our daily news and information coverage of all things Agriculture. Contact us about covering your next event!